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No. 327,907. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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CHARLES F. VEIT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,907, dated OctoberG, 1885.

Application led February 28, 1885. Serial No. 157,361.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. VEIT, a citizen of the United States,residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention `relates to improvements in buttons; and it consists in thecombination, with a button-head and yielding stops formed in thebutton-head, of a rod secured to the button-head, an independent shanksurrounding the rod and adapted to be retained by the yielding stops inthe button-head, a shoe or shoes hinged to said shank, and means forextending or folding the shoe or shoes; also in the combination, with abutton-head which is capable of a rotary motion and yielding stopsformed in the button-head, of a rod secured to the buttonhead,anindependent shank surrounding the rod and adapted to be retained by theyielding stops in the button-head, a shoe or shoes hinged to said shank,and a cam secured to the rod and adapted to act upon the shoe or shoes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1` represents a vertical section inthe plane 'y y, Fig. 2, of my improved button, showing the leavesextended. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an endelevation, part in section,showing the leaves folded. Fig. 4 is aninverted plan View with the leaves removed. Fig. 5is a side elevationshowing the leaves folded. Fig. 6 is a detached view of the button-headand the rod and cam connected thereto. Fig. 7 is a detached top view ofthe button-shank; and Fig. 8,a View similar to Fig. l, showing a singleshoe pivoted to the shank.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings the letterA designates the button-head, which, in the example shown, is madehollow, for the reception of stone a,and has secured therein a disk, B,which serves as a rest for the stone and closes the bottom ofthe button.However, the button-head may be made solid and of any desired shape. Tothe The shank F is not (No model.)

secured to the button-head as in ordinary buttons, but is independent ofthe same, and to its lower end are hinged, at d d and e e', the buttonshoes G G', the hinges being arranged alternately-that is to say, soarranged that one hinge d and one e will face each other and be equallydistant from the center, and on these two hinges, d e, are formedprojections f f, which are adapted to be engaged by the projections orteeth b b', on the cam D, -before described. Instead of having theprojections ff on their respective hinges,they may be formed directly onlugs on the shoes G G; but the method first described is adopted asbeing the most expedient. On the disk B, or on the bottom of thebutton-head when 1t 1s made solid, are projections g, which may beformed by soldering suitable pieces on the disk or bottom B or byforming depressions 1n a suitably-raised annular portion of the disk orbottom. The projections g form yielding stops h hj j', which are engagedby the shank F, Fig. 4, when the button-head is rotated to certainpositions. The upper end, i, of the rod C is turned off somewhatconically, and the surrounding portion of the shank F is bent 1nward tonearly close upon the conical part, whereby it is held in place and alsocapable of a slight longitudinal motion.

In Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the button is shown in its normal position, inwhich case the shank is engaged by the yielding stop j j', as shown bythe dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the shoes are folded. If the button isdesigned to be used as a cuff-button it is inserted'through thebutton-holes of the cuff, and it is now evident that if the button-headis rotated the shank f will be prevented from rotating, and consequentlyalso the shoes hinged thereto by the button-holes through which itextends, and the cam D will be turned until the shoes are extended. Vhenthe shoes are in that position, the shank will be retained by theyielding stops h it', as is best shown in Fig. 4. The shoes, as will beseen, are prevented from returning to their folded position by the camD, which projects over part of the lower surface of the same. The headis prevented from being accidentally rotated by the elastic nature ofthe shank, which offers resistance to being forced out from the yieldingstops h h and jj', which are also to a certain extent elastic.

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In order to prevent injuryto the person Wearing the cuff-button,the camis in practice placed so that its lower surface Will fall within orabove the upper plane of theleaves. Instead of using two shoes, G G',one shoe may be used, as in Fig. 8, which is hinged to the shank andoperated as before.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, With the button-head which is capable of rotarymotion and the yielding stops h h and jj', formed in the button-head, ofthe rod C, secured to the buttonhead, the independent shank F,surrounding the rod and adapted to be retained by the yielding stops inthe button-head, the shoe or shoes hinged to said shank, and means forextending or folding the shoe or shoes, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, With the button-head 2o the rod and adapted to beretained by the 25 yielding stops in the button-head, the shoe or shoeshinged to said shank, and the cam D,

secured to the rod and adapted to act upon the shoe or shoes,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 3o my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES F. VEIT. [L. s]

Vitnesses: Y

W. HAUFF, A. FABER DU FAUR, Jr.

